Holder for pans and covers



April 22, 1930. R. A. KOTTKE 1,755,654

HOEDER FOR FANS AND COVERS Filed Feb. 25, 1929 INVENTOR Budd 0A A Kant/(e.

' KAWM ATTORNEY 15 ing arm.

-2, the rear ends of which are bent toward Patented Apr. 212, 1930 I n l UNITE STATES nUDoLrH' n. Ko'rTKE, F DETROIT, MIcHieAn I l HOLDER son PANs AND covnns I r Application vfiled February25,1929. Serial N ta 12 M.

This invention relates to kitchen accessoat their upper ends to engage the members 1 'ries, and particularlyoto" racks for holding and n bake pans, pan covers, andsimilar members. The construction thus consists of slidably An object of the invention is to provide a connected units, each having a horizontal top 5 rack for the aforesaid purpose, that may be member 1 and 1, each of which integrally 5 5 simply and readily adjusted for holding difcarries a pair of spaced vertical supports. ferent sizes of pans and covers, that may 5'and 10, and 5 and f, the lower ends of be inexpensively formed of wire, and that said'supports being connected by'U-shaped will be adequately strong to safely sustain a pan seats 6*, 7 ,8, 9, and 6 ,7, 8?, and 9 10 considerable weight. guide loops being formed upon each'unit to v Another object is to form such a rack of engage the top length of wire ofthe other two relatively adjustable wire members, each 'ul' it, whereby the depending supportsniay comprising two or more bottom supports for be slid to and from e'ach other, at the same a pan or cover, and also a lateral pan-retaint me causing a reverse adjustment of the arms 2, 2" relative to each other. Thus, in I These and various other objects the in creasing the spaced relationofthe arms 2,2; vention attains by the construction hereinthe supports 5,6, 7', 8, 9 and 5, 6, 7,8",9",

' after described and illustratedin the accomare brought toward each other, andsaid suppanying drawings, wherein: n ports are shifted apart in bringing-said arms 2 Figure 1 is a top plan view of a rack em- 2 and;2" toward each other. n V bodying the invention, showing in full and 7 The described constructionis on'e thatmay in dash lines two, positions thereof. beeasily' adjustedto accommodate any de= Figure 2 is a front view thereof. sl'redstandard sizeofpanso'r coversi v V R In these views the reference characters 1 The provision ofthe four. supporting arms 25 and 1 designate two lengths of Wire, slidably 6, 6 and 9, 9- for engagement b t-he bqtfioms interengaged to afford a considerable variaof' the pans or covers adaptsntfhe device to tion in their joint length. The remote end safely'carryconsiderable weight, k I I' portions of said lengths are rearwardly bent it be apparent that the nn-g L at right angles forming a pair of arms 2 and tr'atedembodiment ofmy" invention herein disclosed;is'wellcalculated to adequately fu l so each other, forming eyes 3 and3, engageable' fillf fi fl 'C and adv ntages by screws or the like fastening the rack to teadi y ,tp bf? d pd, ha t some suitable support, as a door of'a kitchen 93 s s ep v b afia Y aqnam di a-r cabinet r tloln and change w thin the-spirit and scope ig The adjacent ends of the lengths, 1 and 1', PJ 1 1 j 1 f i are loopedto mount each length slidingly on T X 5 1 3 5; i v i n r Y the other, as indicated at 4 and 4,'and sup- 1' mg plalt'io in dts 5 and 5 are downwardl and inte rall my m mall} Q l Pt sln W0 POT f 1 g h spaced vertrca-lmembers forming the front 40- extended mm 5 oops T1656 at t 8111, ofth'e rack and each further'coinprisinga (1- ea l P ends are slmlhffly bent r r a as shaped connectionbetween'thelower'eirds of" mdlcated at 6 and 6 and r th exhe-nded the vertical members projecting rearward-1y from each other at an upward lncllnatlon, as th f fbrmingnfihevmck o m llnflilcated at 7 w the mb 7 2 A rack com-prising'a-pair'oficoniplemem 5 belng formed wlth screw-recelving offsets 8 my xv i-ire members, each comprising c -woos and 8, at their mid-points. Arms 9 and '9 spacedverti'calnrembers forming the-frontof are extended forwardly from the remote ends 7 said rack 'and integrally cormected at their of the members 7 and 7 and have their forlower- "ends by V rearwardly projecting" til ward ends upwardly bent to form vertical shaped niembersformingtheracli: bottomand 50' supports 10 and '10, forming loops 11 and 11 fashionedin their'rean-rnostportions-for en lo-ogagement by fasteners for mounting the rack.

3. A rack comprising a pair of complementary wire members, each consisting of a pair of spaced vertical members forming the front of the rack, and a U-shaped member forming the bottom of the rack integrally connecting the lower ends of said vertical members, the

, adjacent sides of the two U-shaped bottomtwo units and projecting oppositely thereforming members being at the same level and the remote sides of said members being at a higher'level.

4. A rack comprising a pair of complementary wire units, each consisting of a pair of vertical lengths of wire forming the front ofthe rack, and a U-shaped rearwardly extending projection between the lower ends of said lengths forming the bottom of the rack,

horizontal lengths of wire being extended from the adjacent vertical members of the from in overlapping relation, and being formed with retaining and supporting arms rearwardly projecting therefrom at opposite sides of said vertical members.

i5, A rack comprising a pair of complementary wlre units, each consisting of slidably engaged overlapping lengths of wire arforming members respectively connecting the lower ends of the depending members of each of said pairs and rearwardly projecting therefrom.

unit, and a bottom-forming member rearwardly projecting from the lower end of each depending 'front-forming member.

'Intes'timony whereof I sign this specification. 5 j

' RUDOLPH A. KOTTKE.

ranged at the front and top of the rack, the

remote ends of said lengths being rearwardly bent to form supporting arms, each of said 7' lengths of wire being formed with a depending member rearwardly bent to form a bottom for the rack, the depending member of each unit being arranged betweenthe depending member of the other unit and the rearwardly projecting arm of the other unit.

6, A rack comprising a pair of complemen- 1 tary wire units, each comprising two lengths of wire slidably interengaging, the remote ends of said lengths being formed with rearwardly projecting supporting arms, and the other end of each length being integrally I bent to form spaced vertical members at the front of the rack, and a U-shaped integral connection therebetween forming the rack bottom.

7. A rack comprising two complementary wire units, each consisting oftwo lengths of I wire having overlapping portions, the remote "ends of said lengths being rearwardly bent to form supporting arms, the other ends of each of said lengths integrally carrying a pair of spaced vertical members looped at their upper ends to form guides for the other of said lengths, and being connectedat their lower ends by U-shaped members rearwardly projecting to form the rack bottom.

8. A rack comprising an elongated portion at the top and front of the rack having rearwardly bent supporting end portions forming sides of the rack, two pairs of front-forming members depending from said horizontal portion and spaced longitudinally thereof, and two substantially U-shaped bottom- 

